THREE CHINESE COAST GUARD
VESSELS ENTER JAPANESE WATERS
NEAR SENKAKUS
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We read about the latest Chinese intrusion into the Japanese held Senkaku Islands territorial waters in the March 16, 2015 edition of Jiji Press. Citing reports from the Japanese Coast Guard the news service indicated that three Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese Territorial waters surrounding the disputed but long internationally recognized as Japanese held islands. This latest outrage was the first in a regular series, the last prior intrusion was Feb.27, 2015. In the past 12 months Chinese Coast Guard vessels have violated Japanese sovereign waters 7 times. According to the Japanese 11th Regional Coast Guard headquarters in Naha, the Okinawa Prefecture Capitol Chines Coast Guard ships HAIJING 2306 and HAIJING 2350 deliberately entered Japanese territorial waters just south of the uninhabited Island of Minamikojima in the East China Sea roughly around 10:00 local time . The Chinese Coast Guard vessels was approached by Japanese Coast Guard units and ordered to leave. The Chinese did not respond or comply but continued to move about in Japanese waters util sometime before noon when they left the scene.
This is a dangerous game the Chinese have undertaken. Not only are Japan and the U.S. linked by a defense treaty but the treaty specifically recognizes the Senkaku as Japanese territory and defines the islands as territory of Japan that the U.S. is obligated to defend. Japan has had internationally recognized sovereignty over the islands since 1895. Prior to that time these uninhabited islands were "undiscovered", or at least not claimed by any other sovereign .
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